1. Provincial Reciprocity Attainment Program Scene Assessment

3. The Approach Preparation Responding Hazards Mechanism of Injury Patients involved

4. Gloves Eyewear Vests Helmets Boots Personal Protection

5. Responding Weather Road Delays, Construction, Detours Dispatch Info The ambulance Extra resources:  Ambulance  Police  Fire  Life Flight  Utilities

6. Remember!!! You can’t help… …if you don’t get there!

7. The Scene Assessment HEMP echanism of Injury atients involved (#) nvironment azards

8. Hazards Review Traffic Power Poles Bystanders Fire Weapons The vehicle Animals

9. Unsafe Scenes Unsafe scenes that must be made safe before providing patient care  Crash and rescue scenes  Toxic substances  Crime scenes  Unstable surfaces  Violent/hostile environments  Unstable structures  Farm emergencies

10. The Scene Assessment What’s wrong with this scene ? The desired design!

11. Mechanisms of Injury A definition: The force applied to (or taken from) the body and how it reacts. An example:

12. Mechanisms of Injury Remember these laws:  Newton’s First Law of Motion An object, whether at rest or in motion, remains in that state unless acted upon by another force  Conservation of Energy Law Energy can’t be created or destroyed, it can only change form  Newton’s Second Law of Motion F=M X a or F=M X d  Kinetic Energy KE= ½M X V 2

13. Significant Mechanisms of Injury Ejection from a vehicle Death in the same passenger compartment Falls > 6 feet (or the pt’s height) Rollover High-speed vehicle collision Vehicle-pedestrian collision Motorcycle crash Unresponsive or altered mental status Penetrations of the head, chest, or abdomen